Campsite Summary

Campsite Description

This site is ideally located on Spain's Costa Verde; next to a fantastic beach and close to the port of Santander.
Playa Joyel is a first-class campsite, enjoying direct access to a really beautiful beach with wide golden sand and with spectacular views of the Cantabrian Mountains. There is a good range of well maintained amenities for the whole family, including a restaurant and a well stocked supermarket and in July and August, a take-away, hairdressers and beauty salon. Teenagers will love the underground disco which operates every night in July and August, while the site's animal park is sure to be a hit with younger children. There is also a new indoor play area. Special rates are offered to guests at the nearby 18-hole golf course. Pitches vary in size, are defined by hedges and trees, and most have shade. Customers select their own pitch on arrival, on a first-come first-served basis, so those with large outfits should aim to arrive early, if possible.

Shops and Amenities

Family Days Out

Places To Visit

Barcena Mayor 108 km

Bilbao 76 km

Comillas 90 km

Laredo 25 km

Llanes 120 km

San Vincente De la Barquera 95 km

Santander 44 km

Santillana Del Mar 67 km

Santona 12 km

Local Directions

From Santander/Bilbao: From the A8/E70 motorway take the exit N185 signposted Beranga/Isla/Noja. From the exit 185 follow the slip road to a roundabout and take the last exit. Follow to the next roundabout and take the first exit signposted Noja. Continue following this road, go straight over another roundabout. Continue to another roundabout passing a Repsol petrol station on your left. At the ro... » Click for more directions

Ports

Bilbao (BIL) 72km

Caen Ouistreham (CAE) 1022km

Calais Ferry (CAL) 1275km

Cherbourg (CHB) 1102km

Dieppe (DIE) 1125km

Hook of Holland (HOH) 1451km

Le Havre (LEH) 1090km

Oostende 1312km

Roscoff (RSC) 1075km

Rotterdam (RTD) 1451km

Santander (SAN) 72km

St Malo (STM) 938km

Zeebrugge (ZEI) 1288km

Airports

Bilbao (BIL) 90km

Biarritz (BTZ) 224km

Santander Airport 40km

Trains and Buses

Nearest Train Station is Gama
Provides Service To Bilbao, Santander

Bus Services to Santander, Laredo

Helen Scott, Playa Joyel, Noja, Spain

Our recent holiday sufficient

The campsite has very good facilities (great shops (one for groceries and newspapers and another selling camping equipment if you've forgotten anything) knowledgeable if slightly unfriendly reception staff and clean bathrooms and toliets. When we had our holiday, the other campers were mainly Spanish, with a few English, French, Dutch and Germans-most people were friendly and respectful of others' space and privacy. However, this is a lively site and the Spanish habits of doing everything a bit later than is usual in England (eating, going to bed)meant that on occasion, there was some noise late at night. The pitches are quite large, but as most campers are families with either large tents or caravans, it can seem quite cramped. So, if you are looking for space, and peace and quiet, this is not the campsite for you. The reception staff will let you choose an alternative pitch if you don't like the one you are allocated on arrival-this didn't help us much though as the site was almost full when we were holiday in early August. The on-site restaurant was quite over-priced for the quality of food on offer so if you like eating out, there are better value places in the town or further afield. We would recommend hiring a fridge on site-the freezer for putting ice packs in was very inefficient (ie the blocks were not frozen after 24 hours in the freezer)and our blocks were stolen on one occasion.On a more positive note-the beach nearby is excellent and when the sea is calm, offers great swimming. Other good beaches nearby are to found at Laredo. Bilbao and Santander are very interesting places for a day out, if you like museums, shopping or just people watching. We enoyed the maritime museum in Santander (and just wandering around the city) and the Guggenheim in Bilbao is a must for art-lovers.

Bailey Family,

This campsite is unusual in that on arrival you were given a map and asked to go and choose your own pitch. It also has UK type 'three' pin electical connection.
The facilities were incredible, aways clean and there were plenty of them.
The restaruant was Uninspiring, over priced and had a poor selection. However the shop on site was well stocked, we never used any other supermarket, just the butchers, fish mongers and bakers in Noja

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